Live music with Luke Pauley

Timber Bones
Queensland Conservatorium
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Listen to Luke Pauley (Timber Bones) in his interview and performance with ABC Radio this week. Luke was accepted into the Con after playing guitar for just three months. He features on Queensland Conservatorium’s Seed vol 2 album, being launched at QPAC next week. Listen to Live music with Luke Pauley on the ABC Radio […]

Nurturing young musical talent in 2014

Students listening to music
Queensland Conservatorium
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Open Conservatorium is now welcoming applications for Young Conservatorium’s 2014 programs. Young Conservatorium has been nurturing young musical talent for more than thirty years in Queensland, through its comprehensive pre and post tertiary programs. Operating under Open Conservatorium in Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Young Conservatorium is the program of choice for those seeking a sound […]

Miss Saigon

Miss Saigon
Queensland Conservatorium
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Final year Queensland Conservatorium musical theatre students will perform Miss Saigon, the musical based on Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, next month. From the incredible writers of Les Misérables, Miss Saigon takes you through the life, romance and tragic circumstances surrounding Chris and Kim — a couple who found each other during the Vietnam War. Featuring ever […]

Rock and rap meets classical for a cultural fusion

Queensland Conservatorium
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A collaboration between students at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University and the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) will be presented as part of Esperanto at this year’s Queensland Music Festival. The creation of jazz legend James Morrison, FUSED will bring together 25 performers and musicians — rappers, soul singers, guitarists, bassists, drummers, strings, […]

Weekly mini-festival seeds newest independent talent

Seed volume two
Queensland Conservatorium
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From August 9, the very best local independent bands will present original music in free mini-festivals each Friday night in South Bank. The Seed Project, a collaboration between the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QCGU) will showcase unearthed talent before they hit the mainstream airwaves. Launching on August 9 and […]

Why can music be so powerful?

Queensland Conservatorium
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Soprano Adele Nisbet spoke to Steve Austin, ABC, about how music taps into our emotions and an international voice teacher conference being held in Australia for the first time. LecturerAdele Nesbit is Chair of the organising committee for the8th International Congress of Voice Teachers, being held at the Queensland Conservatorium this week. The conference gathers […]

Gold Coast high schoolers to experience life as a musician

Queensland Conservatorium
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Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University will open its doors to Gold Coast schools this July to allow budding musicians to explore the world of a popular music student. More than 200 students and teachers from 15 schools will descend on the Con for school experience days. They will hear from industry experts from the course and […]